Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] be [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her normal hours are 9.30am to 4.30pm daily except Sunday and Wednesday when the shop is closed all day . |
| 2 | The governments of Christian-dominated Lebanon and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan feared that Nasser-inspired coups were about to be sprung in Beirut and Amman . |
| 3 | A more measured response is not to abandon welfare but to shift the carrots : make welfare reward work . |
| 4 | Parental wishes were also to be taken into account , though what that meant was unclear . |
| 5 | The Capellans , indulgent as ever , had trusted them in ours until it became obvious the same hideous trick was about to be played again . |
| 6 | a rigorous attempt to Think the limits of that principle of reason which has shaped the emergence of Western philosophy , science and technology at large … the activity of deconstruction is strictly inconceivable outside the tradition of enlightened rational critique whose classic formulations are still to be found in Kant ( Norris 's italics ) . |
| 7 | Such a connection between newspapers and political parties is only to be expected ; newspapers have traditionally wished to play a part in the political system and have never been reluctant to express a view ( ‘ The Sun says ’ ) on the ways of the world . |
| 8 | An electoral code and a charter for political parties were also to be discussed . |
| 9 | These conflicting considerations are both to be taken seriously . |
| 10 | Once the light values are back to normal , the mirror simply adjusts back . |
| 11 | Violent and peaceful social interaction is not to be understood through the search for a thing called ‘ aggression ’ , but through the sensitive and detailed explication of the values and meanings that embody and shape behaviour in different social settings . |
| 12 | Prelates of a less combative temperament were still to be found organizing defences or , like Gynewell of Lincoln , directly arming the clergy of their dioceses . |
| 13 | However , Lanzarote 's swinging , lively nightlife is not to be missed and there 's a good selection of restaurants within five minutes , and a lovely bar terrace can be found right next door in Cinco 's Plaza . |
| 14 | Hampered by a lack of guidelines the Chancellor 's initiative to encourage private investment in public projects is off to a slow start . |
| 15 | Foreign merchants were still to be permitted to enter the country , but Russian subjects were not to be allowed to leave and Russians living abroad were summoned home . |
| 16 | When a company relies on PCs for its entire business , however , the direct route is not to be recommended . |
| 17 | Elizabeth and I turned on him severely , and told him that someone who was both old and a distinguished writer was not to be bothered with such things . |
| 18 | The French cuisine is n't to everyones taste either . |
| 19 | Woolwich says six-month arrears are back to the levels of February 1988 and the Abbey National says short-term arrears have been declining since the end of last summer and repossessions are stable or falling . |
| 20 | The first meeting of the Governors was held on 12th August 1881 and the seven present decided to appoint Mr. Edward Walmsley to the Chair before proceeding to make arrangements for a Clerk , to deal with the accounts ( for which proper books were now to be kept ) , and to inspect the Deeds of the School with the Town Clerk . |
| 21 | Hoomey was afraid Nails was up to mischief . |
| 22 | The pre-packed range is shortly to be expanded to include maintenance and low-protein diets : I suggest any interested BKKS section or other Koi group gets in touch with Steve Kuzio |
| 23 | Second , the existing practice of the revenue under the pre-1976 law was not to tax benefits in kind on the average cost basis and those who were asking questions on behalf of their constituents would have been well aware of this fact . |
| 24 | Unless we are more attentive , the Guatemalan refugees are about to be ignored again as they suffer this time not from the cold war , but the ‘ new world order ’ . |
| 25 | There is no doubt that Ibanez 's current high profile is down to a marketing policy which borders on genius . |
| 26 | The Old Stager was on to a theme which he had clearly been bottling up all season . |
| 27 | Motion at the rooftops of two nearby buildings was up to three times that at ground level . |
| 28 | In 1826 , when the members of the British Factory were worried by reports that a daily newspaper was about to be published in Funchal , they decided to set up a find for the protection of any British subject attacked by the newspaper . |
| 29 | Given the favourable non-wage labour cost which the minister told us about a moment ago , how does he justify the enormous discrepancy in wages between England and Wales as an average and areas like South Wales and Northumberland where average weekly earnings are up to sixty five pounds less than the average and will he explain to us why the government is not tackling huge wage differentials in this country ? |
| 30 | Of course , old Meg is not to be relied upon at all , owing to her unfortunate fondness for the bottle , and when I heard that she was the source of the story I said that it could n't possibly be the case , that she did n't know what she had seen , as usual — ’ |